Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette drew national criticism Wednesday for remarks made at a public forum in which she said banning high-capacity in ammunition magazines would be effective in reducing gun violence because "the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available."

For years in Congress, DeGette has been the prime sponsor on a federal ban on high-capacity magazines.

But despite the congresswoman's claim, ammunition magazines can be reloaded with more bullets and can be reused hundreds of times.

"These are ammunition, they're bullets, so the people who have those now, they're going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high-capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available," she said at Tuesday's forum, hosted by The Denver Post's editorial board.

DeGette spokeswoman Juliet Johnson on Wednesday said the senior congresswoman from Denver "misspoke" and then issued another erroneous statement about guns.

"The congresswoman has been working on a high-capacity assault magazine ban for years and has been deeply involved in the issue; she simply misspoke in referring to 'magazines' when she should have referred to 'clips,' which cannot be reused because they don't have a feeding mechanism," Johnson said.

"The congresswoman has been working on a high-capacity assault magazine ban for years and has been deeply involved in the issue; she simply misspoke in referring to 'magazines' when she should have referred to 'clips,' which cannot be reused because they don't have a feeding mechanism," Johnson said.

Libtard twit-wit lawyer specializing in civil rights and employment litigation in her prior life ... who now avidly supports killing babies and harvesting them for their stem cells ... and confiscation of firearms from law abiding citizens ... and is a rabid enviro-wacko ... and huge backer of ObamaCare (and HillaryCare before that) ... and vice chair of the LGBT equality caucus ... and chief deputy Rat whip!! Hell, what's not to like about this idiot?

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posted on 04/04/2013 10:43:17 AM PDT
by Zakeet
(If idiots could fly, Washington would be an airport)

Apparently she has a brain dead sister in kali who introduced ammo legislation and in addition “would ban the manufacture, sale or import of any device that enables a gun to fire more than 10 rounds at one time.” Goes by the name of nancy skinner and she’s from, where else, berkeley. Anybody know where we can get one of them soon to be banned 10 barreled weapons? And pre-loaded disposable “clips”. Limits the amount of ammo to less than 3000 rds except for LEO’s. And we know they are trustworthy. Think chris dorner. I think I’ll stick with my “low” powered assault weapon. You know, the fully semi auto one. What idiots.

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posted on 04/04/2013 10:44:45 AM PDT
by rktman
(BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST MR. PRESIDENT!(not that we'd get the truth!))

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